Weight and nutrition
I'm taking advantage of this "break" to really drive the weight down, kind of lemonade out of lemons. I found it hard to focus on disciplined and structured nutrition and do 10-12 hours on the bike a week. I also felt lethargic on the bike when I tried to go lean.
But this is also why I guess it's recommended that the time to implement your weight loss regimen is during the off-season, when training demands are less and you’re not competing.
Anyways, I've lost 5 pounds in 4 weeks, that is considered a healthy rate.
Intake of 2000 calories a day. That is a deficit of 1200-1500 calories if I'm swimming, and around 500 if I'm not. I'm bumping up my protein intake via whey. The strawberry is yummy.
How much more can I lose? I'm thinking ideally to get to 170. I'm 178 now.
The best tour climbers are generally less than two pounds of body weight for every inch of height (divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches to find this number). TDF average was 2.15lbs.
So at 5'10" I'm at 2.5lbs for every inch.
In order to be in the "TDF average" I'd need to weight 150lbs! Which is just not possible, feasible, or healthy for ME.
So I'd be happy at 170. Maybe 165. After that I think my returns be diminishing.